different between mannequin vs statue

English

Alternative forms

• manikin, mannikin, manequin

Etymology

From the French mannequin, from the Dutch manneken (“little man”), diminutive of Dutch man (“man”), equivalent to man +? -kin; compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manikin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?mæn??k?n/
• Homophone: manakin

Noun

mannequin (plural mannequins)

1. A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for the fitting or displaying of clothes
2. A jointed model of the human body used by artists, especially to demonstrate the arrangement of drapery
3. An anatomical model of the human body for use in teaching of e.g. CPR
4. A person who models clothes

Derived terms

• mannequinlike

Translations

See also

• mannequin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Etymology

From French mannequin.

Noun

mannequin c (singular definite mannequinen, plural indefinite mannequiner)

1. mannequin

Declension

Further reading

• “mannequin” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.n??k??n/
• Hyphenation: man?ne?quin

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. A clothes model or fashion model, a mannequin.

Hypernyms

• model

Related terms

• man

French

Etymology

From Dutch manneken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /man.k??/

Noun

mannequin m (plural mannequins)

1. (fashion) model
   • 2016 September 9, "Un mannequin défiguré à l’acide défile à la Fashion Week de New York", Le Monde.

2. dummy, mannequin
   • 2016 August 18, Matteo Maillard, "Être mère et prostituée au Mali", Le Monde.

Descendants

• ? Catalan: maniquí
• ? Czech: manekýn
• ? Danish: mannequin
• ? Dutch: mannequin
• ? English: mannequin
  • ? Japanese: ???? (manekin)
    • ? Korean: ??? (maneking)
• ? Georgian: ???????? (mane?eni)
• ? German: Mannequin
• ? Greek: ??????? (manekén)
• ? Norwegian:
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mannekeng
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mannekeng
• ? Hungarian: manöken
• ? Polish: manekin
• ? Portuguese: manequim
• ? Romanian: manechin
• ? Russian: ??????? (maneken)
• ? Swedish: mannekäng
• ? Spanish: maniquí
• ? Vietnamese: ma-n?-canh

Further reading

• “mannequin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Old French statue, from Latin statua, derived from statu? (“set up or erect”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?stæt?.u?/, /?stæt.ju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?stæt?u/

Noun

statue (plural statues)

1. A three-dimensional work of art, usually representing a person or animal, usually created by sculpting, carving, molding, or casting.
2. (dated) A portrait.
   • a. 1876, Philip Massinger, Mart and Mansion

     The young lady just then would have formed a graceful model for a statue of Attention

Hypernyms

• image, sculpture, simulacrum

Hyponyms

• bust, figurine

Derived terms

• statued
• statuelike
• statuesque

Related terms

• statuary
• statuette

Translations

Verb

statue (third-person singular simple present statues, present participle statuing, simple past and past participle statued)

1. (transitive) To form a statue of; to make into a statue.
   • 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

     The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.

Anagrams

• astute

Danish

Noun

statue c (singular definite statuen, plural indefinite statuer)

1. statue

Inflection

References

• “statue” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From Old French statue, from Latin statua.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sta.ty/

Noun

statue f (plural statues)

1. statue

Derived terms

• statue de la Liberté

Related terms

• statuaire

Further reading

• “statue” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tuâtes

Italian

Noun

statue f

1. plural of statua

Anagrams

• astute

Latin

Verb

statue

1. second-person singular present active imperative of statu?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin statua

Noun

statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuer, definite plural statuene)

1. a statue

Related terms

• statuett

References

• “statue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin statua

Noun

statue m (definite singular statuen, indefinite plural statuar, definite plural statuane)

1. a statue

Related terms

• statuett

References

• “statue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.